nyscience - LE Key Ideas and PI's

1. Living things are both similar to and different from each other and nonliving things.

explain how diversity of populations within ecosystems relates to the stability of ecosystems
describe and explain the structures and functions of the human body at different organizational levels
explain how a one-celled organism is able to function desoite lacking the levels of organization present in more complex organisms

2. Organisms inherit genetic information in a variety of ways that result in continuity of structure and function between parents and offspring.

3. Individual organisms and species change over time.

explain the mechanisms and patterns of evolution

4. The continuity of life is sustained through reproduction and development.

explain how organisms, including humans, reproduce their own kind

5. Organisms maintain a dynamic equilibrium that sustains life.

6. Plants and animals depend on each other and their physical environment.

7. Human decisions and activities have had a profound impact on the physical and living environment.